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It [weighed](http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/cheese/cheese-facts) over 1000 pounds.

A giant wheel of Cheddar cheese was given to Queen Victoria for a wedding gift

[YUM.](http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/cheese/cheese-facts)

There are around 2,000 varieties of cheeses

[It's surprisingly not France.](http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Greece-worlds-No1-cheese-eaters)

People of Greece are the largest consumers of cheese in the world

That's 26% of the U.S.'s [cheese production](http://www.wmmb.com/assets/images/pdf/WisconsinDairyData.pdf).

Wisconsin produced 3,045,748,000 lbs. of cheese in 2016

[Wisconsin](http://www.wmmb.com/assets/images/pdf/WisconsinDairyData.pdf) produced 2.9 billion pounds of cheese in 2014. Italy produced only 2.6 billion pounds.

If Wisconsin were a country, it would
rank 4th in world cheese production

[However](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2015/06/04/fun-cheese-facts-for-national-cheese-day.html), historians don't really know who first made cheese.

Cheesemaking has been around for almost 4,000 years

[That's](http://www.americasdairyland.com/economicimpact/dairyfacts) a lot of milk.

It takes 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese

[Mozzarella](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2015/06/04/fun-cheese-facts-for-national-cheese-day.html) even beats out cheddar!

In the U.S., Mozzarella cheese is the biggest-selling cheese variety

[The program](http://www.americasdairyland.com/economicimpact/dairyfacts) is a rigorous, three-year course.

Wisconsin is the only state with a Master Cheesemaker program

[France](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2015/06/04/fun-cheese-facts-for-national-cheese-day.html) eats 57 pounds per person a year.

Americans eat 34 pounds of cheese each year per person

[That's](http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2015/06/04/fun-cheese-facts-for-national-cheese-day.html) a lot of cheese.

In Wisconsin, 90 percent of the state’s milk is made into cheese

[That's](http://www.americasdairyland.com/economicimpact/dairyfacts) a lot of cheese needed!

Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second

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